Hinge.



No. 840.966. PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

F. SHERSMITH. HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1908.

FRANK SHERSMITH, OF OCONOMOWOO, WISCONSIN.

HINGE. Y

. Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented AJan. 8, 1907.

Application filed Tilly 5, 1906. Serial NO- 324,781.

To all 11i/1,0m, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SnnnsMiTn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oconomowoe, in the county of Waukesha and. State of Wisconsin, have invented cer-- tain new and useful Improvements in Hinges; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is herein shown, described, and claimed, its object being to provide simple economical hinges especially designed for detachable and adjustable connection of racks with sides of wagon-bodies in order to adapt the same for the transportation of largequantities of hay or other loose stuff or for animals, such as -calves, hogs, and sheep.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings represents a front elevation of a hinge in accordance with my invention connecting a rack with a side of a wagon-body, the rack being shown by full and dotted lines in two positions of adjustment; Fig. 2, a side elevation of what is shown by full lines in Fig. l, and? Fig. 3 a horizontal section indicated by lines 3 3 in said Fig. i.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates the side of a wagon-body, and B a rack in hinge connection with the saine.

One section O of a hinge in accordance with my invention is made to straddle a side of the wagon-body to which it is bolted or otherwise rigidly secured, and a right-.angle foot l) of the inner legof said hinge-section is likewise secured to the bed of said wagon-body. The hinge-section aforesaid has a partly-concave upper end and a convex ear c adjacent to the concavity. A pintle d extends from the center of one side of the ear c over the adj acent concavity concentric with said ear,

The other section D of the hinge is made to straddle a cross-piece e of the rack B at the inner end of same and is bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to said cross-piece. This section D of the hinge is provided with a convex centrally-apertured ear f, that engages the concavit-y of the other section C of said hinge, and the pintle d aforesaid engages the aperture of said ear. A concavity of the hingesection D is engaged by the convex ear c of the hinge-section C aforesaid.

The outer leg of the hinge-section O is provided with a web g of suitable contour, and the u per edge of this web is preferably inclinedl The hinge-section D is provided with an outer web 71. of suitable contour, and

the lower edge of this web is preferably inclined. The disposition of the webs is such that one laps the other in practice, the web l2y of the hinge-section D being forward or back of the web g of the hinge-section C, according as the pintle d aforesaid points toward the rear or front of the wagon-body. Hence it requires that said webs be clear of each other when the hinge-sections are joined or separated to connnect the rack with a. side of a wagon-box or detach it therefrom. The web g of the hinge-section C being opposed. to the web li of the hinge-sectionD in the proper direction,A automatic separation of said hinge-sections is impossible.

The web g of the hinge-section O is provided with suitable apertures at intervals of an arc of a circle concentric with the pintle d, and registrable with any one of these apertures is an aperture in the outer corner of the web 7L of the hinge-section D, the registering apertures being engaged by a bolt i, that also engages a nut j, whereby the latter hingesection is held in adjusted position. The hinge-section D being laid at the angle shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, it abuts the upper edge of the web g of the other hinge-section C and the web 71, of said hinge-section D abuts the outer leg of said hinge-section O,

whereby there is no strain on the bolt i aforesaid when the rack is positioned to support hay or other loose stuff.

When the hinge-section D and rack therewith are vertical, as shown by full lines in Fig. l, said rack constitutes an upper side extension of the wagon-body when animals, as aforesaid, arev to be confined therein.

A plurality of hinges similar to the one herein shown and described are employed in connection with a side of a wagon-body and a rack, the pintles of the several hinges being all pointed in the same direction, so that said rack can be readily attached to said wagonbody or detached therefrom, clearance of the webs of the hinge-sections being had when the aforesaid rack is being put in or taken vout of working position.

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have engagement With a central aperture in the other ear, Webs projecting outward from saidv hinge-sections in position to lap one another When both sections of the hinge are alined or the swing-section at an angle to the other outward therefrom, and a bolt engageable with registering apertures in the Webs, said hinge-sections being respectively for connection With a side of a Wagon-body and an attachment for the same.

2. A separable hinge one section of which is made to straddle a side-board of a Wagonbody and has its inner ieg providedvvith a foot at a suitable angle thereto, the head of the hinge being provided with a concavity and convex ear, the other section of the hinge being made to straddie a side attachment for the Wagon-body and provided With a concavity and convex ear having match t respectively With the ear and 'concavity aforesaid, a pintie extending from the center of one of the ears to have engagement With a central aperture in the other ear, Webs projecting outward from said hinge-sections in position to lap one another When both sections of the hinge are alined or the swing-- DGSSGS.

FRANK SHERSMITH.V I/Vitnesses:

CHAs. D. PROBERT, E. C. THEoBoLD. 

